Minnesota Department of Corrections

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Minnesota Department of Corrections
AbbreviationMNDOC
MottoTransforming Lives For A Safer Minnesota
Agency overview
Formed1853
Employees4,200 (estimate)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUnited States
Legal jurisdictionMinnesota
Operational structure
HeadquartersSt. Paul, Minnesota
Commissioner responsible
Website
https://mn.gov/doc/ (official site)

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is a state law enforcement agency of Minnesota that operates prisons. Its headquarters is in St. Paul.[1]

As of 2010, the state of Minnesota does not contract with private prisons.[2] The first and only private prison in the state, the Prairie Correctional Facility, was closed by its owner in 2010.[3][4]

The head of the agency is referred to as the Commissioner. As of 7 January 2019, the holder of this office is Paul Schnell.[5]

Organization

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Command structure

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List of ranks within facilities:

Title Insignia
Captain
Lieutenant
Sergeant - NON-SWORN POSITION
Corrections Officer 2 - NON-SWORN POSITION
Corrections Officer 1 NON- SWORN POSITION

The Minnesota Department of Corrections does NOT require its staff to be licensed peace officers and most are NOT licensed peace officers excluding the Minnesota Department of Corrections' Fugitive Apprehension Unit (FAU) and some investigation positions with the Office of Special Investigation (OSI) and Office of Professional Accountability (OPA).

Adult and juvenile correctional facilities

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Minnesota state correctional facilities[6]
Facility Pop. type Security class 2024 Population
Faribault Male 1-3 1,958
Lino Lakes Male 1-3 1,019
Moose Lake Male 1-3 1,067
Oak Park Heights Male 5 305
St. Cloud Male Intake (1-5) 1,028
Stillwater Male 1 & 4 1,232
Red Wing Adults Male 2 41
Rush City Male 4 966
Willow River (CIP) Male 1 109
Shakopee Female 1-5 565
Togo (CIP) Male 1 76
Red Wing Juvenile male

Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections

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Clay County Correctional Facility; Moorhead, Minnesota.
Licensed by Minnesota Department of Corrections
Facility Pop. type No. of beds
Clay County Correctional Facility[7] Male and Female 220

Juvenile services

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The department operates juvenile correctional facilities.[8]

Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing in Red Wing serves delinquent boys. It was built in 1889.[9] Minnesota Correctional Facility – Togo in northern Itasca County no longer serves delinquent boys and girls.[10] The Togo facility opened in 1955 as Youth Conservation Commission (YCC). For years it was known as Thistledew Camp. In 2006 the facility's name changed to MCF-Togo, and the Thistledew designation is used to refer to the juvenile programs.[11] Now MCF-TOGO only serves adult males as a CIP program

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
  2. ^ http://sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/inc_Too_Good_to_be_True.pdf Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine page 5
  3. ^ "CCA Announces Closure of Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  4. ^ "Prairie Correctional Facility". Corrections Corporation of America. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  5. ^ "Organization / Department of Corrections". mn.gov. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "Performance Report 2014" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Corrections. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  7. ^ "Clay County Correctional Facility". Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Juvenile Services Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  9. ^ "Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  10. ^ "MCF-Togo Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine." Minnesota Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  11. ^ "About Thistledew Programs at MCF-Togo Archived 2003-08-14 at the Wayback Machine." Thistledew Programs. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
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